enterobacteria

en·ter·o·bac·te·ri·a

(en'tĕr-ō-bak-tēr'ē-ă),

Plural of enterobacterium.

enterobacteria

BACTERIA in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Such organisms are Gram negative (see GRAM'S STAIN and are facultative ANAEROBES. They may be found in SOIL, WATER or the human or animal INTESTINE. An example is ESCHERICHIA COLI .

2001) found an almost complete absence of antibiotic resistance in the enterobacteria isolated from the feces of deer, moose and voles in Finland, suggesting that resistance has not yet become a universal property.

Taiwan argues that WHO observer status would help the government further improve public health, and that access to its programs and research data could help deal with diseases such as an enterobacteria epidemic that claimed the lives of dozens of children last summer.

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